OBS Studio: Difference between revisions

Using the Virtual Camera: Adding a note on how to modify your v4l2loopback module config to have additional virtual devices such as you might use to use a DSLR as a webcam with gphoto2
m Added information about the OBS module added to NixOS in 24.11.
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Plugins are available from the <code>obs-studio-plugins</code> package set.
Plugins are available from the <code>obs-studio-plugins</code> package set.


They can be installed by either wrapping the package with <code>wrapOBS</code>:
They can be installed by using either the [[NixOS]] or [[Home Manager]] module:


<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
environment.systemPackages = [
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
   (pkgs.wrapOBS {
{
   programs.obs-studio = {
    enable = true;
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
       wlrobs
       wlrobs
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       obs-pipewire-audio-capture
       obs-pipewire-audio-capture
     ];
     ];
   })
   };
];
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


or using [[Home Manager]]:
or by wrapping the package with <code>wrapOBS</code>:


<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
environment.systemPackages = [
{
   (pkgs.wrapOBS {
   programs.obs-studio = {
    enable = true;
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
       wlrobs
       wlrobs
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       obs-pipewire-audio-capture
       obs-pipewire-audio-capture
     ];
     ];
   };
   })
}
];
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


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=== Using the Virtual Camera ===
=== Using the Virtual Camera ===


The virtual camera requires the <code>v4l2loopback</code> [[Linux kernel#Custom kernel modules|kernel module]] to be installed, a loopback device configured, and polkit enabled so OBS can access the virtual device:
The virtual camera requires the <code>v4l2loopback</code> [[Linux kernel#Custom kernel modules|kernel module]] to be installed, a loopback device configured, and polkit enabled so OBS can access the virtual device.


<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
This can be done in NixOS with:<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
programs.obs-studio.enableVirtualCamera = true;
</syntaxhighlight>Or by setting the kernel options manually, this is useful if you need to add an additional loopback device as shown below:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{ config, ... }:
{ config, ... }:
{
{